Radiation from a Uniformly Accelerated Charge and the Equivalence Principle
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-02-03 v8 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We argue that purely local experiments can distinguish a stationary charged particle in a static gravitational field from an accelerated particle in (gravity-free) Minkowski space. Some common arguments to the contrary are analyzed and found to rest on a misidentification of ``energy''.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9303025,
title = {Radiation from a Uniformly Accelerated Charge and the Equivalence Principle},
author = {Stephen Parrott},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9303025},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
LaTeX, 31 pages, 2 figures (also in LaTeX). Appendix 4, discussing subsequent work of others, has been rewritten. To appear in Foundations of Physics